Shunjiang from Yongzhou crossing, the river meanders more than 800 miles, since ancient times there are more strongmen, Yongzhou's Jiangshangke, it is said that there are many gangs, among which the Black Knife Gang is the largest gang, the number is about 600, entrenched on the Black Cliff Mountain.

The topography of the Black Cliff Mountain is unique, the river water goes around the mountain, the south is slowly steep, it is like the pattern of the island in the river, the back is due to the impact of the river, hundreds of zhang cliffs, the ape is worried and climbs more is not within the reach of manpower, to the east out of the mountain pass is a large piece of flat land, the distance is less than 100 miles is the richest Jiangtuo town in Yongzhou.

"It's not realistic for us to storm Black Cliff Mountain, not to mention that there are more of them than us, the north and west sides of Black Cliff Mountain are cliffs, and the river below is turbulent, which is a natural barrier, and you can only enter Black Cliff Mountain from the south and east.

Miss, look at this terrain again, whether you enter from the south or from the east, we are all from the bottom to the top, the Black Knife Gang occupies a favorable terrain, just set up checkpoints in the Causeway Cave, Yanfu Pass, Sparrow Hole, and Thatched Ridge leading to the mountain, and prepare a pair of archers, prepare thunder stones, rolling wood and other things as precautions, it is really a man who can not open it..."

The money steward used abrasives in Qiao Yue's courtyard to lay out the terrain of Black Cliff Mountain, pointing to the abrasives on the ground and saying that it was all right, it seems that a lot of preparations have been done before, who said that businessmen are fat pigs, and they don't snort when they are slaughtered, and they don't snort, looking at this posture, the Qian steward, who is deeply persecuted by the strongmen in Yongzhou, has already been beating their ideas.

Qiao Yue kept nodding along the place he was pointing, if this was really the situation, the Black Knife Gang had occupied such a good place, it was really not easy to use force on them.

In addition, they have mental calculations or unintentional, Zhang Meng and they are not unjustly defeated this time, they occupy a favorable mountain with an area of more than 3,000 acres, Zhang Meng They want to use a thousand elite soldiers to exterminate it is really a bit of a child's play, the book of war says that the proud soldiers will be defeated, this is the truth.

After thinking about it, it was really surprising that Steward Qian's affairs were so detailed, Qiao Yue asked: "Since Steward Qian knows this Black Knife Gang so well, he must have a countermeasure in his heart, so he might as well talk about it." ”

Steward Qian's face suddenly appeared with a deep sadness, the appearance of persuading Qiao Yue before had long disappeared, his red eyes, angry look, and the hatred in his eyes, Qiao Yue could clearly feel it.

Probably feeling a gaffe, he avoided Qiao Yue's eyes and said: "Don't hide it from the eldest lady, three years ago, the youngest eldest son died at the hands of this gang of strongmen, and in the past three years, the little one has hated to dig out his heart and eat his flesh every day and night, but the enemy is too strong, and the little one can only bury this hatred in his heart, and he can't expect the main family to take revenge on the little one, I just hope that one day the imperial court army will overwhelm the territory, and the small one can do some modest efforts..."

"Oh?" Qiao Yue shouted with an angry face: "When Lord Zhang and my eldest brother went to go, why didn't you tell me about the situation there?" ”

Steward Qian sneered, looking a little crazy: "What's the use of saying such a child's play?" Lord Zhang's fierce generals are like clouds, the soldiers are extremely proud, General Qiao attacked the Luoyi border army six times and was unharmed, do you think they will listen to the advice of one of my subordinates? ”

"Haha..."Steward Qian laughed miserably, probably thinking that Qiao Yue had wronged him, and then said: "The poor little imperial army that is looking forward to it day and night, is such a brave and unscrupulous person, and my son's revenge cannot be avenged in this life..."

Seeing the despair and madness of the money housekeeper, Qiao Yue felt bitter in her heart, yes! A group of proud generals with a group of proud soldiers, how could they listen to the words of a subordinate.

It's because I'm too worried about my eldest brother, as the head of the house, I don't know that the housekeeper I have entrusted with the important task has such a blood feud, and I don't know it, I am not a qualified master, Qiao Yue felt guilty and comforted: "Steward Qian, I blame you, let's talk about it, we have a good plan for going over this time?" ”

I have to say that Qian Gui is a very caring person, since he has studied it, he really has a plan in his heart, a ray of light flashed in his eyes, and he said sternly: "To save people, you must meet the Black Knife Gang head-on, no coincidence, forgive the small one has no good strategy, in our current situation, no matter what, we can't attack Black Cliff Mountain, if you want a weapon or not, if you want no people, you just send them to death, it doesn't matter if you go, since the eldest lady is not afraid, the small one is naturally willing to sacrifice her life to accompany her." ”

His stern appearance made Qiao Yue feel moved again, Qiao Yue knew that he was grateful, thanks to Qiao Yue for his kindness, if it wasn't for Qiao Yue's promotion, he was just a small steward on the dock.

What a shrewd and capable man! And he also knows how to be grateful, this is very rare, what did Lu Menglou do, if he could be reused as soon as possible, how could the Ye family have today, Qiao Yue looked at him with a strange look, if the eldest brother can come back safely this time, he must give this money to the eldest brother as a military advisor, with him, the eldest brother's courage will definitely be better played.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yue's heart rose to the intention of taking the school entrance examination, and said, "What if it's just a village?" And how? ”

Qian Gui pointed to the grinding tool, full of confidence: "If it is just to attack the village, it is very simple, you see that this Black Cliff Mountain looks like a gourd, we want to enter the mountain only in the south and east is feasible, in the same way, they want to go out of the mountain only in the east and south, only two thousand soldiers and horses, stationed in the east and south, the Black Cliff Mountain can be self-defeating." ”

Qiao Yue's eyes lit up, yes! There are pros and cons to the favorable terrain, the expensive method is a good way, and I unconsciously remembered the battle of Zhang Fei in the story of the Three Kingdoms in the black stone, Zhang Fei won the battle of the ditch, and the terrain of the ditch and the current Black Cliff Mountain are the same as the beginning, as long as the throat is held, the Black Cliff Mountain can be self-defeating.

Sure enough, it is a talent, Qiao Yue smiled with relief, this person must be given to the eldest brother, but then he has a bitter face, the key now is to save people, but what to do?

It is said that according to the intelligence of the Yamen, Lord Zhang's fleet encountered the fireships of the Black Knife Gang when it entered the territory of Heiya Mountain, and burned more than 300 people on the spot, and then was shot by a rain of arrows, and more than 300 people died, and now they were forced into a tidal flat in the south of Heiya Mountain, and the remaining team of less than 300 people was struggling to support and wait for reinforcements.

With such a little person, a hard touch is looking for death, not only can he not save his eldest brother, but he also has to compensate so many people, Qiao Yue walked around the abrasive, anxious, if he goes a day late, the danger of the eldest brother will increase by one point.

I know very well why the eldest brother wants to make this trip, to put it bluntly, it is still for himself, the people of the Black Knife Gang have bullied him to Ningzhou City, if he still shrinks back and does not accept their request, there must be more excessive things in the future.

Wang Yi looked at the abrasive tool for a long time and didn't speak, but he was so worried that he was sweating, in fact, he didn't think that Qiao Yue and a hundred or ten family members could be the enemy of the brave Jiang Shangke, if this was the case, the army of the imperial court would be so ashamed that they would hit the wall and die.

Suddenly, Qiao Yue paused, and pointed to the top of Black Cliff Mountain with thin white fingers and said, "You said that if I burn down their lair, will the Black Knife Gang give up attacking Big Brother and them and turn around to put out the fire?" ”

Wang Yi took over the conversation: "If I am a bandit and my lair is on fire, the army will definitely be in turmoil, in this case, Brother Shan, they will have a good chance to break through." ”

Qiao Yue looked at Qian Gui inquiringly, saw him nod, and then pointed to the grinding tool and said, "You said that this mountain is full of forests?" And all mostly pine? ”

Steward Qian nodded stunned, knowing that Qiao Yue meant that there was a lot of pine oil and it was easy to catch fire, but he still said disappointedly: "What the eldest lady said is true, if we can set this forest on fire, it is spring, the southeast wind is prevailing, and the flames and smoke poured from it must be directly on the side of the Black Knife Gang, which is very convenient for General Qiao and them to break through."

Then, he pointed to the location of the tidal flat on the south side of the grinding tool, and said: "If General Qiao and they can break through in time, let's prepare another twenty fireboats to ignite this piece of reeds after the fire is broken, and when the fire is over, General Qiao will take the rest of the army to cover the past, but it will have a miraculous effect, maybe the Black Knife Gang can be wiped out..."

Speaking of which, hey! sighed, hung his hands, and said helplessly: "The east side will definitely not be able to enter, the Black Knife Gang will have heavy defense, to ignite such a large forest, at least tens of thousands of catties of fire oil can help the fire not be extinguished."

There will be a strongman blockade on the river in the south, this time there will definitely not be only one gang of the Black Knife Gang involved, the Jiangshang guests in Yongzhou know the truth that there are no eggs under the nest, there must be many people to help the Black Knife Gang, after a small investigation over the years, if all the Jiangshang guests in this area of Jiangtuo Town come, the number should be about 1,005.

It is impossible to spare the river from the south, the river must have been blocked at this time, the west and north are cliffs, and tens of thousands of catties of fire oil cannot be transported to the mountains anyway..."

Qiao Yue can think of it, they must also think of it, fire attack is really a good way, but fire is not something that can be put up casually, it is not an easy thing to transport tens of thousands of catties of fire oil to Black Cliff Mountain, now all the passages are controlled by strongmen, and it is impossible to fish in troubled waters.

Qiao Yue didn't care about the helplessness on their faces, but a pair of beautiful eyes flashed again and again, it was obvious that he had found a breakthrough, Qian Gui was really a smart person, as he said, after the eldest brother broke out, if there were twenty more fireboats on his side to block the exit of the tidal flats and ignite this large area of reeds, the army would take the opportunity to cover up and kill, and it would definitely have a miraculous effect.

Qiao Yue immediately got up sternly, thinking of the scene of the general ordering the three armies in the black stone, she tried her best to make her voice more sonorous and powerful, and said: "Without further ado, Steward Qian immediately arranges to buy fire oil in the whole city, and prepare twenty fire boats to set off first, and lie in ambush at the water bend in front of Black Cliff Mountain, and send twenty people to buy fire oil in the whole city, without delay, and tomorrow tomorrow the dawn must not be less than five thousand catties."

Fifty more people will be assigned to buy oilcloth, the more the better, and all the bamboo poles on the market will be bought..."R1152